Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and four other Indian film personalities were earlier this week charged with poaching endangered black buck during a movie shoot, a court official said.
Khan, who is out on bail after being convicted of shooting a gazelle in a separate case, was in court in this western Indian city to hear the fresh charges, the official said.
Charged with Khan were fellow stars Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Neelam Kothari and Tabu.
Khan, one of Bollywood’s most popular actors, was charged with shooting the black buck or
antelope while the others were booked for encouraging him during the film shoot eight years ago.
The 40-year-old Indian actor is no stranger to
controversy and faces charges of manslaughter over a road accident in 2002 that left one person dead and four others injured.
The actor has denied allegations that he was at the wheel, drunk and without a license, when his car ran over people sleeping on a sidewalk in western Mumbai, home to the country’s prolific Hindi-language film industry.
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